Murder Sheet16 Nov 2025

True Crime Wave: The Lure of Conspiracy Theories with Sam McGuire

Sam McGuire studies conspiracy theories. He is a master's graduate from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario. We were fortunate enough to get to talk to him about conspiracy theories, their prevalence in true crime, and how we can try to help people break the cycle of conspiratorial thinking.

In new segment, True Crime Wave, we’ll be talking about issues endemic to true crime. At its best, true crime offers the audience a way to learn about stories of crime, social issues, legal realities, and the real human beings at the heart of cases. It can be educational and compassionate and cathartic and thoughtful and incisive, and it can help raise awareness of cases. Good true crime can show case all kinds of different perspectives. It can center journalism, advocacy, legal analysis, investigative approaches, the experiences of survivors or victims’ families, and more. That is all very good. But too often, we see true crime devolve. We have seen online mobs, harassment, conspiracy theories, ethics-washing, and more. True crime won’t get better on its own. We think talking about these things will help.

Check out Sam's Master's thesis here: https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4061/

Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/events

Buy our book on Delphi here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232

Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Bridge-Murders-American-Heartland/dp/1639369236

Join our Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/c/murdersheet

Support The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/

Check out more inclusive sizing and t-shirt and merchandising options here: https://themurdersheet.dashery.com/

Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.

The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(892)

The Cheat Sheet: Plots and Pornography

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. Today, we will cover stories out of New Hampshire, Hawaii, Indiana, and Pennsy...

2 Okt 42min

A Conversation with Mountain Climer about the Life and Crimes of Indiana

We had a great conversation with Jeremy Climer-- aka Mountain Climer- about his music career- which includes writing and recording a couple of songs about true crime on his album "Indiana."You can fin...

1 Okt 31min

Anatomy of a Trial: Judge Karen Sartain Breaks Down the Defense’s Case In Chief

Judge Karen Sartain discusses the defense's case in chief.Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsPre-order our book on Delphi here: ...

29 Sep 1h 12min

The Cheat Sheet: Revolutions and Rats

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. Today, we will cover stories out of Missouri, California, Texas, and Pennsylva...

25 Sep 1h

The Murder of Brian Thompson: The Case of Luigi Mangione: A Conversation with Attorney Brian Buckmire

Luigi Mangione has pled guilty to murdering Brian Thompson in federal court. But what's next?We talked to Brian Buckmire, attorney and legal analyst for ABC. He also recently did the podcast, Burden o...

22 Sep 33min

The Delphi Murders: The Appeal: Oral Arguments

We discuss what we saw at today's oral arguments in Richard Allen's appeal in the Delphi murders case.Listen to all our coverage of the Delphi murders appeal FROM THE BEGINNING: https://murdersheetpod...

21 Sep 1h 12min

The Cheat Sheet: Roulette and Retrials

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. Today, we will cover stories out of Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, and the Cayman...

18 Sep 44min

The Delphi Murders: The Appeal: Oral Arguments Preview

We discuss what's ahead in the Richard Allen case.Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsPre-order our book on Delphi here: https://...

17 Sep 34min